hunterscabin
Member
Hello Everyone.
I have a question that I can not seem to get an answer to that people want to guess about.
I work for a company as a Quality Engineer / IT assistant. We are moving the entire shop area around and I have a problem. I hope that someone can give me some details and maybe a copy of the way the rule is written.
Problem is that we have 4 huge transformers and sever power panels. Now I know that you must have a clearance of 3 feet from both. That's not the problem. The problem is that I am told that I have to lay down a taped 3 foot isle to the transformers and panels. This taped out area can not even have as much as a chair in it.
I say that all that needs to be kept clear is the section in front of the transformers and panels.
Imagine if you will the inside corner of a building. One wall is 50 long and the other is over 300. The 50' wall has 4 transformers and 5 power panels. It is in a area that has our electrical test department. There is a 4' wall that is 3' from the furtherest edge of any transformer or panel. The walkway into that are has a 3 foot opening. There is nothing in the general area of the opening, however from the main isle (out of the department) to the opening of the transformer/panel area, there are sever desks and table with test equipment. I am being told that I have to re-arrange the department so there is a taped off walk way from the main isle to the open of the transformer area, and that nothing can be placed in that taped off section.
Can anyone shead any light on this for me. I just can not believe this. And if its true, then I have to figure out how to re-arrange a department that is stressed from space as it is.
Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give.
btw--- I live is upstate NY.
Kind Regards,
HuntersCabin
I have a question that I can not seem to get an answer to that people want to guess about.
I work for a company as a Quality Engineer / IT assistant. We are moving the entire shop area around and I have a problem. I hope that someone can give me some details and maybe a copy of the way the rule is written.
Problem is that we have 4 huge transformers and sever power panels. Now I know that you must have a clearance of 3 feet from both. That's not the problem. The problem is that I am told that I have to lay down a taped 3 foot isle to the transformers and panels. This taped out area can not even have as much as a chair in it.
I say that all that needs to be kept clear is the section in front of the transformers and panels.
Imagine if you will the inside corner of a building. One wall is 50 long and the other is over 300. The 50' wall has 4 transformers and 5 power panels. It is in a area that has our electrical test department. There is a 4' wall that is 3' from the furtherest edge of any transformer or panel. The walkway into that are has a 3 foot opening. There is nothing in the general area of the opening, however from the main isle (out of the department) to the opening of the transformer/panel area, there are sever desks and table with test equipment. I am being told that I have to re-arrange the department so there is a taped off walk way from the main isle to the open of the transformer area, and that nothing can be placed in that taped off section.
Can anyone shead any light on this for me. I just can not believe this. And if its true, then I have to figure out how to re-arrange a department that is stressed from space as it is.
Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give.
btw--- I live is upstate NY.
Kind Regards,
HuntersCabin
I had to go back into the warehouse after I started my post, and it took me 20 minutes to finish. (slow typing may have something to do with it too